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The Devil's Advocate

1997 film directed by Taylor Hackford
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Summary

The Devil's Advocate is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.12% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42,610 views/month, #111 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Taylor Hackford[3]
  • Screenwriter: Jonathan Lemkin[4], Tony Gilroy[5]
  • Composer: James Newton Howard[6]
  • Genre: horror film[7], fantasy film[8], mystery film[9], thriller film[10], drama film[11], Satanic film[12]
  • Named after: Devil's advocate[13]
  • Cast member: Keanu Reeves[14], Al Pacino[15], Charlize Theron[16], Jeffrey Jones[17], Judith Ivey[18], Connie Nielsen[19], Craig T. Nelson[20], Debra Monk[21], Heather Matarazzo[22], Leo Burmester[23], Chris Bauer[24], Delroy Lindo[25], James Saito[26], Monica Keena[27]
  • Producer: Arnon Milchan[28], Arnold Kopelson[29]
  • Production company: Regency Enterprises[30]
  • Director of photography: Andrzej Bartkowiak[31]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[32]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[33]
  • Review score: 6.2/10[34], 63%[35], 60/100[36]
  • Color: color[37]
  • Country of origin: United States[38]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1997[39], January 22, 1998[40]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[41], HBO Max[42]
  • Narrative location: New York City[43]
  • Official website: https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/devils-advocate/[44]
  • Filming location: New York City[45], Florida[46]
  • Main subject: supernatural[47]

Why It Matters

The Devil's Advocate has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Related Entities

Al Pacino Charlize Theron Chris Bauer Connie Nielsen Craig T. Nelson Delroy Lindo Don King Erich Fromm film Florida James Newton Howard Jeffrey Jones Keanu Reeves New York City Roy Jones Jr. United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . metacritic.com. Retrieved . metacritic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7h ago · Evs · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/devils-advocate/
    Sitelink count → 55
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'eml', 'en',
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 3491
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  3. 13w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14587 → 1274
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  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → n2003080115
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  5. 20w ago · Mcampany · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Narrative location → New York City
    Kijkwijzer rating → 16
    Has characteristic → film based on a novel
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